Frame by Frame

The graduating editors of the NFTS got to spend the weekend at this year’s Doc/Fest – delegates pass, hotel and travel expenses paid by the school. So off we trotted up the M1… traffic accidents and randomly somehow getting lost in Coventry notwithstanding, it was great to spend some time with the others who went [...]

As a student, I got free access to the press and industry screenings at this year’s London Film Festival. I could also attend daytime (before 5pm) screenings so long as they hadn’t sold out. It’s a pretty good deal, and one that I’ll be sorry to see go once I leave the NFTS.
I managed to [...]

… as copied from a printout on the wall at the place where I digitise. Origin unknown. Argue on the precise ordering/ repetition amongst yourselves.

Optimism – “This could be really good.”
Confidence – “This is great!”
Doubt – “This is what they want, right?”
Resolve – “Fuck ‘em! We can do this!”
Despair – “Fuck, we can’t do this!”
Siege [...]

This email was forwarded to everyone at my Film School, and I wanted to share it further afield.
It’s from the INDEPENDENT FILM & TELEVISON COLLEGE in Baghdad, and details some of their most recent news, tragedies, and their achievements in the face of it all.
Remarkable, really. Makes you think that little bit longer before complaining about [...]

I’ve just migrated my blog from movable type to wordpress. Whilst I do enjoy learning new programming languages (ish) and being able to customise to my heart’s content, movable type was just a little too advanced for me and most of the time I had no idea what had gone wrong whenever something didn’t appear right, [...]

I always find myself fascinated by people who don’t keep a diary. Maybe I’m absent-minded, maybe I just have too damn much going on in my life and don’t necessarily know what I’ll be doing in 6 hours’ time let alone next week, maybe they all just have some higher filing system set up…. but [...]